Content Assessment
4th Grade ELA
Heart and Soul
Name: ____________________ Date: __________
Part One: Vocabulary
(L.4.6, RF.4.3.a, L.4.4.b)
Explain what the word innovation means. Then describe one innovation created by a Black inventor or leader, either from Heart and Soul or from your prior knowledge.
What does it mean to abolish something?
Which word best completes the sentence?
Determined to keep going, the woman __________, “I’ll never stop trying.”
If you can justify doing something, you __________
Pick two words from the list below. Use each in a sentence that shows an understanding of the word.
boycott contradict apprehensive tension
Part Two: Content Knowledge and Understandings
(RL.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.4.7, W.4.2, L.4.1, L.4.2, L.4.6)
Analyze the illustration from page 2 (next to the title page) of Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans.
Analyze the illustration above from page 2 of Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans. In your answer, make sure to:
Explain what message the illustrator is trying to convey.
Explain two ways the illustrator conveys the message.
Explain two events from history that support the illustrator’s message.
Use two vocabulary words from this unit.
You may use your notes and texts from the unit to help answer the question.
Using the illustration from page two, the illustrator